Italian police on the island of Stromboli stopped a party attended by Mick Jagger because music is banned on Wednesdays. The Rolling Stones frontman, 82, was celebrating the completion of filming for Three Incestuous Sisters, a movie by Italian director Alice Rohrwacher in which he stars.
The party took place on Wednesday night at a local venue, with other cast members including Josh O'Connor, Jessie Buckley, Saoirse Ronan, Dakota Johnson, and Isabella Rossellini. Police arrived and asked them to stop the music due to a Wednesday music ban enforced by the mayor.
According to Italian press reports, the music was played from a small speaker at an acceptable volume. The order caused confusion and amusement, but the partygoers reluctantly complied.
La Repubblica reported that a local bookseller revealed the incident on social media, stating the party was halted shortly before midnight after some residents complained to police about the music.
The film crew and actors left Stromboli on Thursday. Jagger, who plays a lighthouse keeper in the film, and Josh O'Connor's father departed in a private helicopter.
Riccardo Gullo, the mayor of Lipari, which administers Stromboli and five other Aeolian islands, could not be immediately reached for comment.
Rosa Oliva, president of the Pro Loco Amo Stromboli association, which promotes sustainable tourism and environmental protection, said stopping the party was “yet another sign” that the island was being “penalised in its moments of visibility” rather than valued and supported, especially “after a winter of severe shortages and neglect.”
In a statement to the Italian press, she added: “An island of international importance such as ours deserves worthy administrative management, capable of preventing problems and encouraging dialogue among local communities, rather than resorting to belated or punitive interventions. From the mayor, one would have expected a welcome to the guests, or at least a greeting and a thank you for their crucial contribution to the Aeolian economy and their visibility. Our island lives off tourism.”
Jagger, who owns a home in the Sicilian province of Syracuse, arrived on Stromboli, which had been transformed into an open-air set for weeks, a few days ago and was welcomed “with the usual island discretion,” according to SkyTG24.
Three Incestuous Sisters is based on Audrey Niffenegger's bestselling novel of the same name. Rohrwacher received acclaim for her film Happy as Lazzaro, which won best screenplay at Cannes in 2018, and her 2023 follow-up, La Chimera.
